Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... greater blasphemy to personate God , and bring him in saying , " I will descend , and be like the prince of darkness : " and what is it better , to make the cause of reli- gion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of murdering ...
... greater blasphemy to personate God , and bring him in saying , " I will descend , and be like the prince of darkness : " and what is it better , to make the cause of reli- gion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of murdering ...
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... greater benediction , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many hearse - like airs as ca- rols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured ...
... greater benediction , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many hearse - like airs as ca- rols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured ...
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... greater pains ; and it is sometimes base , and by indignities men come to digni- ties . The standing is slippery , and the re- gress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris ...
... greater pains ; and it is sometimes base , and by indignities men come to digni- ties . The standing is slippery , and the re- gress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris ...
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... greater than the feeling : " Dolendi modus , timendi non item : " be- sides , in great oppressions , the same things that provoke the patience do withal meet the courage ; but in fears it is not so : neither let any prince or state , be ...
... greater than the feeling : " Dolendi modus , timendi non item : " be- sides , in great oppressions , the same things that provoke the patience do withal meet the courage ; but in fears it is not so : neither let any prince or state , be ...
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... greater sort ; and the greater sort are of small strength , except the multi- tude be apt and ready to move of theinselves : then is the danger , when the greater sort do but wait for the troubling of the waters amongst the meaner ...
... greater sort ; and the greater sort are of small strength , except the multi- tude be apt and ready to move of theinselves : then is the danger , when the greater sort do but wait for the troubling of the waters amongst the meaner ...
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